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North America - IFEX http://www.ifex.org/north_america/ North America en Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:21 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:21 -0700 100 <![CDATA[United States - Outrage over U.S. investigation of journalist's private communications]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/21/rosen_search/ Tue, 21 May 2013 12:33:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/21/rosen_search/ <![CDATA[United States - U.S. Justice Department seizes journalists' call records]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/14/ap_subpoena/ Tue, 14 May 2013 13:48:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/14/ap_subpoena/ <![CDATA[United States - Newseum reverses decision to honour Gazan journalists]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/14/decision_to_honour_journalists_reversed/ Tue, 14 May 2013 03:40:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/14/decision_to_honour_journalists_reversed/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Passage of Mexican legislation to combat impunity]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/05/07/press_release_wan_ifra/ Tue, 07 May 2013 10:38:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/05/07/press_release_wan_ifra/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Mexican authorities must investigate murder of journalists' sons]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/05/07/paramo_brothers_killed/ Tue, 07 May 2013 08:47:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/05/07/paramo_brothers_killed/ <![CDATA[Canada - Review of free expression in Canada highlights "cult of secrecy"]]> http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/05/03/cjfe_2013_review/ Fri, 03 May 2013 11:24:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/05/03/cjfe_2013_review/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Call for Obama to help end the torment of Mexico’s journalists]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/05/02/torment/ Thu, 02 May 2013 08:27:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/05/02/torment/ <![CDATA[United States - New report reveals which U.S. Internet companies protect user data]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/01/who_has_your_back/ Wed, 01 May 2013 09:50:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/05/01/who_has_your_back/ <![CDATA[Chile - Case dropped in Chile against creator of Twitter parody account]]> http://www.ifex.org/chile/2013/05/01/ferrari_case_dropped/ Wed, 01 May 2013 07:57:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/chile/2013/05/01/ferrari_case_dropped/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Mexican press fails to question journalist murder case]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/30/martinez_questions/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:55:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/30/martinez_questions/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Transparency needed in investigation into Mexican photographer's murder]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/29/daniel_alejandro_killed/ Vanguardia newspaper in Saltillo, Coahuila, was killed on the morning of 24 April 2013. ARTICLE 19 is concerned about transparency in the murder investigation by state authorities.]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:55:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/29/daniel_alejandro_killed/ <![CDATA[Mexico - IFEX-ALC demands Mexican government investigate, punish threats against ARTICLE 19]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/26/article_19_threats/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/26/article_19_threats/ <![CDATA[United States - Media denied access to papers on trial of U.S. soldier accused of information leaks]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/24/manning_news_coverage/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:14:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/24/manning_news_coverage/ <![CDATA[United States - U.S. House of Representatives passes controversial cybersecurity bill]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/23/house_passes_cispa/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:22:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/23/house_passes_cispa/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Concern for safety of Mexican reporter investigating colleague's murder]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/22/carrasco_plot/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/22/carrasco_plot/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Mexican free speech NGO receives threats of reprisal]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/19/amenaza_equipo_article19/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:42:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/19/amenaza_equipo_article19/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Explosives detonated outside newspaper office in Jalisco, Mexico]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/19/attack_mural_newspaper/ Mural newspaper en Zapopan, Jalisco, part of the Grupo Reforma media company.]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:45:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/19/attack_mural_newspaper/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Report shows state authorities as obstacle to press freedom in Mexico]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/18/press_release_wan_ifra/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:14:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/18/press_release_wan_ifra/ <![CDATA[Canada - Canadian court to hear defining case on online defamation]]> http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/04/15/online_defamation/ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:40:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/04/15/online_defamation/ <![CDATA[United States - U.S. cybersecurity legislation is poor model for other nations]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/11/cispa_step_backward/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:27:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/11/cispa_step_backward/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Controversy over Mexican governor's award for free expression]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/11/award_controversy/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:20:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/11/award_controversy/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Mexican community radios hounded for opposing wind farm]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/05/oaxaca_community_radio/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:11:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/05/oaxaca_community_radio/ <![CDATA[United States - Audio: The battle between corporate interests and scientific research]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/04/audio_chapela_science/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/04/04/audio_chapela_science/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Call for action as threats continue to undermine Mexican media]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/03/threats_continue/ Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:35:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/04/03/threats_continue/ <![CDATA[Canada - Investigation launched into muzzling of Canadian government scientists]]> http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/04/02/information_commissioner/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:22:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/04/02/information_commissioner/ <![CDATA[United States - Tell Obama: Stand up for Internet privacy!]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/03/20/cispa_petition/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:34:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/03/20/cispa_petition/ <![CDATA[United States - US federal judge rules national security letters are unconstitutional]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/03/19/nsl_unconstitutional/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:16:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/03/19/nsl_unconstitutional/ <![CDATA[Brazil - Growing violence against journalists in Brazil and Mexico]]> http://www.ifex.org/brazil/2013/03/15/killed_for_speaking_out/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:50:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/brazil/2013/03/15/killed_for_speaking_out/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Will recent wave of arrests improve media safety in Mexico?]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/13/torreon_arrests/ Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:55:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/13/torreon_arrests/ <![CDATA[International - Reports on right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico submitted to UN rights council]]> http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/03/12/right_to_privacy/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:01:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/03/12/right_to_privacy/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Early morning attacks on newspaper, TV station in northern Mexico]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/12/canal_44_el_diario/ El Diario and the TV station Canal 44, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, were attacked by armed men. No one was hurt.]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:40:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/12/canal_44_el_diario/ <![CDATA[Iran - Mutually restrictive visa policies for journalists in Iran and USA]]> http://www.ifex.org/iran/2013/03/08/visa_policies/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:56:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/iran/2013/03/08/visa_policies/ <![CDATA[United States - USA and Canada take steps to ratify intellectual property agreement]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/03/05/acta_back/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:43:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/03/05/acta_back/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Online journalist shot in Mexican border town]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/05/ojinaga_journalist_killed/ Ojinaga noticias, was killed on 3 March 2013 at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the city of Ojinaga in the northern part of Chihuahua state.]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:45:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/05/ojinaga_journalist_killed/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Third attack against Mexican newspaper leaves one person dead]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/04/siglo_torreon_gunfire/ El Siglo de Torreón, which have left one person dead and another injured.]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:49:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/03/04/siglo_torreon_gunfire/ <![CDATA[United States - WikiLeaks and hacktivists labelled threats to US trade]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/28/us_wikileaks_and_hacktivists/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:57:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/28/us_wikileaks_and_hacktivists/ <![CDATA[Canada - Canadian court ruling brings greater clarity to issue of hate speech]]> http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/02/27/canada_supreme_court/ Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:01:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/02/27/canada_supreme_court/ <![CDATA[United States - Supreme Court stops challenge to US surveillance programme]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/27/pen_decries_supreme_court/ Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:57:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/27/pen_decries_supreme_court/ <![CDATA[Chile - Chilean Twitter user faces jail after US officials disclose his identity]]> http://www.ifex.org/chile/2013/02/25/us_twitter_id/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:57:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/chile/2013/02/25/us_twitter_id/ <![CDATA[United States - US judge denies police access to film outtakes]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/21/central_park_five/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:54:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/21/central_park_five/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Safety of journalists draws international mission to Mexico]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/02/20/safety_journalists/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:15:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/02/20/safety_journalists/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Survey finds Mexico's journalists face digital security threats]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/02/19/digital_security_threats/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:13:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/02/19/digital_security_threats/ <![CDATA[Canada - In Canada, indigenous women fear retaliation when reporting police violence ]]> http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/02/15/national_inquiry/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:15:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/02/15/national_inquiry/ <![CDATA[United States - Major privacy victory: US mayor orders police to dismantle drone programme]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/11/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:08:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/02/11/ <![CDATA[Russia - Report assesses human rights under Putin, US-Russia relations ]]> http://www.ifex.org/russia/2013/02/08/obama_putin/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:15:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/russia/2013/02/08/obama_putin/ <![CDATA[Israel - Opinion: No free media with military censorship]]> http://www.ifex.org/israel/2013/02/03/mada_response/ Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:00:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/israel/2013/02/03/mada_response/ <![CDATA[Canada - Crisis in Canada's access to information system]]> http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/01/31/report_hollow_right/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:54:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/canada/2013/01/31/report_hollow_right/ <![CDATA[United States - US president should settle record on treatment of whistleblowers]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/01/28/new_term_obama/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:21:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/01/28/new_term_obama/ <![CDATA[Mexico - Mexican teacher fired for showing gay rights film]]> http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/01/22/hernandez_fired/ Milk, which tells the story of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who was murdered in San Francisco in the 1970s.]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:56:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2013/01/22/hernandez_fired/ <![CDATA[United States - The next five battles for Internet freedom in the USA]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/01/18/sopa_year_after/ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:59:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/01/18/sopa_year_after/